كث

كَثٌّ ذ Thick, or dense. (K.) ― -b2- لِحْيَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, (IDrd, S, K,) and ↓ كَثَّاآءُ, (S, K,) A thick, or dense, beard. (IDrd, &c.) ― -b3- رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ, (S, K,) and اللحية ↓ كَثِيثُ, (K,) and ↓ رَجُلٌ أَكَثُّ, (Lth,) and كَثٌّ, (Lth, K,) A man having a thick, or dense, beard; (S, K;) not one that is thin or long. (TA.) You say قَوْمٌ كُثٌّ, A thick-bearded people: (S. K:) [كُثٌّ being pl. of كَثٌّ:] like as you say رَجُلٌ صَدْقُ اللِّقَاآءِ, and قَوْمٌ صُدْقٌ: (S:) [or of أَكَثُّ:] كِثَاثٌ is also pl. of كَثٌ. (K.) ― -b4- اـِمْرَأَةٌ كَثَّةٌ, and ↓ كَثَّاآءُ, A woman having thick, or dense, hair. (IDrd.) ― -b5- By اللِّهَمَ الكِثَاثَ, occurring in a verse cited in art. حوث, is meant [ The thick, or dense, ] plants. (TA.) ― -b6- Thaalabeh Ibn-'Obeyd El-'Adawee applies the epithet كَثَّة to palm-trees, using the expression كَثَّةُ الأَوْبَارِ; thus likening them to camels. (TA.) ― -b7- قُدُومُهُ عَلَى كَثِّ مَنْخِرِهِ i. q. عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهِ [ His coming is in spite of himself ]. (TA.)